The comforts of home [[electronic resource] ] : prostitution in colonial Nairobi / / Luise White

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454106903321
• Autore: White Luise
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1990
• ISBN: 1-282-07026-6; 9786612070266; 0-226-89500-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.74/2/0967625
• Soggetti: Prostitution - Kenya - Nairobi - History; Women - Kenya - Social conditions; Working class women - Kenya - Social conditions; Electronic books.; Kenya Colonial influence; Kenya Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-278) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Currencies -- 1. Introduction: Prostitution in Comparative Perspective; or, Casual Sex and Casual Labor -- 2. Livestock, Labor, and Reproduction: Prostitution in Nairobi and the East African Protectorate, ca. 1900-1918 -- 3. Prostitution and Housing in Nairobi, 1919-29 -- 4. Malaya Prostitution, 1930-39 -- 5. Prostitution, Production, and Accumulation: The Origins and Development of the Wazi-Wazi Form in Pumwani, 1936-45 -- 6. Constructing Classes: Gender, Housing, and the State in Kenya -- 7. Prostitution in Nairobi during World War II, 1939-45 -- 8. Prostitution, Crime, and Politics in Nairobi, 1946-63 -- 9. Women, Wage Labor, and the Limits of Colonial Control -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "This history is . . . the first fully-fleshed story of African Nairobi in all of its complexity which foregrounds African experiences. Given the overwhelming white dominance in the written sources, it is a remarkable achievement."-Claire Robertson, International Journal of ; African Historical Studies "White's book . . . takes a unique approach to a largely unexplored aspect of African History. It enhances our understanding of African social history, political economy, and gender studies. It is a book that deserves to be widely read."-Elizabeth Schmidt, American Historical Review